A Carrion Death
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780061252402 (0061252409)
Publish date: April 1st 2008
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 467
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
International,
Suspense,
African Literature
Series: Detective Kubu (#1)
Rating: 3.5* of fiveThe Book Description: Smashed skull, snapped ribs, and a cloying smell of carrion. Leave the body for the hyenas to devour-no body, no case.But when Kalahari game rangers stumble on a human corpse midmeal, it turns out the murder wasn't perfect after all. Enough evidence is left ...
I read elsewhere that the author is really the joint venture of two different people, and this explained my sense of distinctness of two separate plot lines, one related to westerners and their obsession with diamonds and money, the other a much more African viewpoint. Nevertheless, the book works w...